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The biggest traffic change to Canterbury for twenty years comes into effect from today. The historic Westgate Towers are being closed as part of a twelve month experiment to reduce congestion and preserve the city's heritage.

In olden days, when you wanted to stop an invader getting through city walls, you pulled up the drawbridge - or manned the battlements. Tomorrow Canterbury will stop the invader with a new bye-law. But will banning traffic from using Canterbury's mediaeval Westgate cause traffic chaos?